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اقرنبع

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes a state of being contracted or shrunken, primarily due to cold. It can refer to a person or an animal withdrawing into themselves, often appearing constricted or huddled.

Derived headwords

اقرنبعverb
  1. 1.
    to contract from coldclassical

    To become shrunken or contracted, especially as a reaction to intense cold.

  2. 2.
    to withdraw into oneselfclassical

    To draw back or become withdrawn, often in a seated or traveling posture, implying a sense of being constricted.

قرنباعadjective
  1. 1.
    contracted, shrunkenclassical

    Describing a person who is contracted or shrunken, particularly due to cold or a withdrawn disposition.

  2. 2.
    stingy, miserlyclassical

    Figuratively, a person who is tight-fisted or miserly, unwilling to spend or give.

ورجل قرنباع، كسرطراط: منقبض بخيل — And a man, qarnabāʿ, like surṭurāṭ: contracted and stingy.

Parallel reading

تقبض، أو من البرد في مجلسه أو مسيره.
To contract, or from the cold in his sitting or his journey.
ورجل قرنباع، كسرطراط: منقبض بخيل.
And a man, qarnabāʿ, like surṭurāṭ: contracted and stingy.